DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.217.104.118
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

3 definitions found

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 justiciary
 司法官;司法上的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Jus·ti·ci·a·ry n.  Old Eng. Law An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
 Note: ☞ The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also ex officio regent in the king's absence.
 Court of justiciary Scots Law, the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.
 ◄ ►

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 justiciary
      n 1: formerly a high judicial officer [syn: justiciar]
      2: the jurisdiction of a justiciar